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Maker(s):	Unknown
Culture:	Chinese
Title:	one of a pair of Blanc de chine figures
Date Made:	early 20th century
Materials:	Ceramic; porcelain; hard-paste porcelain (blanc de chine)
Place Made:	Asia; China
Measurements:	Overall: 18 1/2 in; 47 cm
Accession Number:	MH 1984.18.18a
Credit Line:	Gift of Weston P. and Rebecca Partridge Figgins (Class of 1940), in honor of her class.
Museum Collection:	Mount Holyoke College Art Museum

Description:
Standing sculpture of Guanyin (Avalokiteshvara) in flowing robes and holding a lotus and a lotus leave in her left hand upon a lotus pedestal.

Tags:
pottery; religion; Buddhism; female

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